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scary. >> rachel jeantel answers every question i put to her. she even answers questions from the studio audience. >> do you feel that your testimony strongly impacted the case at all? >> yes. >> in a negative way? >> no. it might have said why she kept it too honest. >> rachel jeantel in her own words. this is "piers morgan live." [ applause ] >> a young woman who was on the phone with trayvon martin moments before he died, this is rachel jeantel's first interview since she testified in the trial and she joins me now exclusively along with her attorney. rachel, welcome to you. >> hi, how are you? >> you're famous now. everybody watched your testimony and saw somebody who looked like they really didn't want to be there but also suffering from the fact that you lost your great friend, trayvon. >> yes. >> tell me, first of all, your reaction to the fact that george zimmerman was acquitted. >> disappointed, upset, angry, questioned and mad. >> the jury decided after a long deliberation that the prosecution hadn't proved the case. they believed it w
scary. >> rachel jeantel answers every question i put to her. she even answers questions from the studio audience. >> do you feel that your testimony strongly impacted the case at all? >> yes. >> in a negative way? >> no. it might have said why she kept it too honest. >> rachel jeantel in her own words. this is "piers morgan live." [ applause ] >> a young woman who was on the phone with trayvon martin moments before he died, this is rachel...
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feeling proud of rachel jeantel, dignity and grace. a lot of people saying the same something, seeing a different rachel tonight than the person they saw in the courtroom under all that stress and tension. i want to talk to you a bit more about trayvon. first of all, i want to play a clip from anderson cooper's interview with the juror, the first juror to speak out. let's watch this. >> a lot of times she was using phrases i have never heard before. and what they meant. >> when she used the phrase creepy ass cracker, what did you think of that? >> i thought it was probably the truth. i think trayvon probably said that. >> and did you see that as a negative statement or a racial statement? as the defense suggested? >> i don't think it's really racial. i think it's just everyday life. the type of life that they live and how they're living in the environment that they're living in. >> what's your reaction to that? >> well, the jurors, they see their fact. no offense to the jury, they old. that's old-school people. we in a new school. our
feeling proud of rachel jeantel, dignity and grace. a lot of people saying the same something, seeing a different rachel tonight than the person they saw in the courtroom under all that stress and tension. i want to talk to you a bit more about trayvon. first of all, i want to play a clip from anderson cooper's interview with the juror, the first juror to speak out. let's watch this. >> a lot of times she was using phrases i have never heard before. and what they meant. >> when she...
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. >> rachel jeantel answers every question i put to her. she even answers questions from our studio audience. >> do you feel your testimony strongly impacted the case at all? >> yes. >> in a negative way? >> no. it might have said why she kept it too honest. >> rachel jeantel in her own words. this is "piers morgan live." >>> i want to begin with the young woman who was on the phone with trayvon martin moments before he died. this is rachel jeantel's first interview since she testified for the trial. rachel, welcome to you. >> hi, how are you? >> you're very famous now. everybody watched your testimony. everybody saw somebody who look ed like they didn't really want to be there but also suffering from fact you lost your great friend, trayvon. tell me, first of all, your reaction to the fact that george zimmerman was acquitted. >> disappointed. upset. angry. question. and mad. >> the jury decided after a long deliberation that the prosecution hadn't proved its case. they believe that it was trayvon on top of george zimmerman. that it was geo
. >> rachel jeantel answers every question i put to her. she even answers questions from our studio audience. >> do you feel your testimony strongly impacted the case at all? >> yes. >> in a negative way? >> no. it might have said why she kept it too honest. >> rachel jeantel in her own words. this is "piers morgan live." >>> i want to begin with the young woman who was on the phone with trayvon martin moments before he died. this is rachel...
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this is her first interview, rachel jeantel. than the color of anybody's skin, and was the prosecution simply out foxed by the defense? this is piers morgan live. >>> i want to begin with the young woman on the phone with trayvon martin the night he died. this is her first interview, rachel jeantel. >> hi, how are you? >> you are very famous now. everyone saw your testimony, you didn't look like you wanted to be there, you're also suffering from the loss of your friend trayvon martin. tell me about the fact that george zimmerman was acquitted. >> disappointed, upset, angry, question and mad. >> the jury decided after a long deliberation that the prosecution hadn't proved its case, they believed that it was trayvon on top of george zimmerman, that it was george zimmerman's voice on the tape crying out for help. and they concluded he acted in self-defense. what do you say to that? >> yes. just yes. >> in your heart, what do you believe happened. >> he was trying to get home, and he was, and that's a fact. >> and you know that beca
this is her first interview, rachel jeantel. than the color of anybody's skin, and was the prosecution simply out foxed by the defense? this is piers morgan live. >>> i want to begin with the young woman on the phone with trayvon martin the night he died. this is her first interview, rachel jeantel. >> hi, how are you? >> you are very famous now. everyone saw your testimony, you didn't look like you wanted to be there, you're also suffering from the loss of your friend...
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. >> how helpful or unhelpful was the testimony of rachel jeantel, trayvon martin's friend? >> you know, piers, i've been asked that several times the last several days. i'm reminded of a prosecutor that made a closing argument in the first murder case i tried 40 years ago, and his words were to the effect you can't necessarily pick your witnesses, it would be nice if you could walk around with 20 nuns, so that anything that happened you would have 20 nuns to testify for you. now this is what the prosecutor got. they have to deal with her. i think it's unfortunate. i don't know her or didn't talk to her. but what i saw and what i see now is that she displayed an attitude, a personality that doesn't have credibility, and i don't think my personal belief is that -- was she telling the truth or not, i don't believe that any jury, certainly not this jury, is going to convict mr. zimmerman based on what she said to say, convict him of anything but that's not the end of the case. she's only one witness and a lot of things she said no matter how arrogant she was, the fact of the ma
. >> how helpful or unhelpful was the testimony of rachel jeantel, trayvon martin's friend? >> you know, piers, i've been asked that several times the last several days. i'm reminded of a prosecutor that made a closing argument in the first murder case i tried 40 years ago, and his words were to the effect you can't necessarily pick your witnesses, it would be nice if you could walk around with 20 nuns, so that anything that happened you would have 20 nuns to testify for you. now...
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scary. >> rachel jeantel answers every question i put to her. she even answers questions from the studio audience. >> do you feel that your testimony strongly impacted the case at all? >> yes. >> in a negative way? >> no. it might have said why she kept it too honest. >> rachel jeantel in her own words. this is pieis "piers morgan liv" [ applause ] >> a young woman who was on the phone with trayvon martin moments before he died, this is rachel jeantel's first interview since she testified in the trial and she joins me now exclusively along with her attorney. rachel, welcome to you. >> hi, how are you? >> you're famous now. everybody watched your testimony and saw somebody who looked like they really didn't want to be there but also suffering from the fact that you lost your great friend, trayvon. >> yes. >> tell me, first of all, your reaction to the fact that george zimmerman was acquitted. >> disappointed, upset, angry, questioned and mad. >> the jury decided after a long deliberation that the prosecution hadn't proved the case. they believed
scary. >> rachel jeantel answers every question i put to her. she even answers questions from the studio audience. >> do you feel that your testimony strongly impacted the case at all? >> yes. >> in a negative way? >> no. it might have said why she kept it too honest. >> rachel jeantel in her own words. this is pieis "piers morgan liv" [ applause ] >> a young woman who was on the phone with trayvon martin moments before he died, this is rachel...
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what did you make of the rachel jeantel interview there? >> i couldn't hear your question. >> did you hear the interview i did with rachel jeantel? >> yeah, i saw part of it. >> she portrayed a very different kind of trayvon martin to the one that we had been led to believe by the defense. do you think this -- justice has been done here? >> well, i think that she clearly could have done a better job testifying if she had been proper preens by the lawyers, given an opportunity to. you know, she clearly was a controversial witness, that didn't mean she wasn't telling the truth. and i'm sure it's a foreign environment for her, she didn't want to be there, as i understand it, and she was attacked, you know in the lawyer manner. but i'll repeat, it doesn't mean she wasn't telling the truth many one thing i did hear, piers, people worrying about this comment about him being a cracka. let me tell you, i'm a cracka, been one for 70 years. a cracka to us means a person who was born here, we're native to florida. there's very few of us florida cracka
what did you make of the rachel jeantel interview there? >> i couldn't hear your question. >> did you hear the interview i did with rachel jeantel? >> yeah, i saw part of it. >> she portrayed a very different kind of trayvon martin to the one that we had been led to believe by the defense. do you think this -- justice has been done here? >> well, i think that she clearly could have done a better job testifying if she had been proper preens by the lawyers, given an...
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. >>> who is rachel jeantel? also, one of the 27 nfl players charged with a crime since the super bowl. >> despite the fact he has a fiancee and a baby and is a homeowner, he also has a means to flee and a bracelet won't stop him and not the $250,000. denying the bail. >> does the nfl have an image problem, or will the fans forgive as they normally do? >>> i want to begin with the teenage girl, rachel jeantel took the stand today for a second day and face add heated cross-examination from the defense. >> if you thought it was just a fight because it was one you knew trayvon martin was planning to start? >> no, sir. he would have told me, sir, and told me to call him back or he'll call me back, sir. >> you didn't have information from the news this was racially charged. >> no, i don't watch the news. >> okay. are you okay this morning? >> yes. >> you seem so different than yesterday, just checking. did someone talk -- >> is that a question? >> yes, did someone talk with you last night about your >> you didn't have
. >>> who is rachel jeantel? also, one of the 27 nfl players charged with a crime since the super bowl. >> despite the fact he has a fiancee and a baby and is a homeowner, he also has a means to flee and a bracelet won't stop him and not the $250,000. denying the bail. >> does the nfl have an image problem, or will the fans forgive as they normally do? >>> i want to begin with the teenage girl, rachel jeantel took the stand today for a second day and face add...
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the defense cross-examination of rachel jeantel has been a textbook example. one shows her tone on the witness stand yesterday, and then something from today. >> do you watch "first 48?" >> i didn't hear her? >> do you watch "first 48?" >> i'm sorry, the first 48? >> a show. >> had you seen any press conferences or news -- >> i had told you, i do not watch news. >> and then we met again the next month. >> no, we met again that friday. >> hmmm. >> when you did not want to interview me, that friday. >> hmmm. are you finished? [ inaudible ] >> i'm sorry? >> yeah! >> how much more time do you think that you need to finish your cross? >> i certainly wouldn't -- i don't know for sure. i think we should plan on at least a couple of hours. >> what! >> clearly she was not happy about that. that was yesterday. now here is a moment from today. >> are you okay this morning? >> yeah. >> you seem so different than yesterday. i'm just checking. did someone talk with you last night about your demeanor in court yesterday? >> no. i went to sleep. >> rachel jeantel today, her se
the defense cross-examination of rachel jeantel has been a textbook example. one shows her tone on the witness stand yesterday, and then something from today. >> do you watch "first 48?" >> i didn't hear her? >> do you watch "first 48?" >> i'm sorry, the first 48? >> a show. >> had you seen any press conferences or news -- >> i had told you, i do not watch news. >> and then we met again the next month. >> no, we met again...
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rachel jeantel, do you think her testimony went well for the defense. do you think it's worked in the defense's favor? >> well, you know, i think that she was a witness, she didn't want to be involved and waited so long and found out by happenstance. i was most concerned not with her testimony but the way she started with mr. crump's interview, off record without law enforcement there and more problematic, the interview, she's sitting right next to trayvon martin's mother when she's supposed to give her first sworn law enforcement statement and in that statement she didn't tell the truth on a number of issues. i think she didn't want to be there. she was reluctant and i think that reluctancy showed up in her testimony today and yesterday. >> and stressing in the court today about trayvon martin's mo mother during that interview, does that say she was either changing her statements to the police based on who -- on the family being present? >> well, she testified that she did. she testified that when she was talking to ben crump and the mom was there and
rachel jeantel, do you think her testimony went well for the defense. do you think it's worked in the defense's favor? >> well, you know, i think that she was a witness, she didn't want to be involved and waited so long and found out by happenstance. i was most concerned not with her testimony but the way she started with mr. crump's interview, off record without law enforcement there and more problematic, the interview, she's sitting right next to trayvon martin's mother when she's...
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rachel jeantel has been on stand for the past two days. do you think her testimony went well for the defense? because she was really billed as the prosecution's star witness. do you think it's worked in the defense's favor? >> well, you know, i think that shaefs she was a reticent witness, i don't think she wanted to be involved and waited so long and found out by happenstance. i was most concerned not with her testimony but the way she started with mr. crump's interview, off record without law enforcement there and more problematic, the interview, she's sitting right next to trayvon martin's mother when she's supposed to give her first sworn law enforcement statement and in that statement she didn't tell the truth on a number of issues. i think she didn't want to be there. she was reluctant and i think that reluctancy showed up in her testimony today and yesterday. >> and stressing in the court todd ant the presence of trayvon martin's mother during that interview with law enforcement, to you that says what? that there's potential that ei
rachel jeantel has been on stand for the past two days. do you think her testimony went well for the defense? because she was really billed as the prosecution's star witness. do you think it's worked in the defense's favor? >> well, you know, i think that shaefs she was a reticent witness, i don't think she wanted to be involved and waited so long and found out by happenstance. i was most concerned not with her testimony but the way she started with mr. crump's interview, off record...
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. >>> who is rachel jeantel? also, one of the 27 nfl players charged with a crime since the super bowl. >> despite the fact he has a fiancee and a baby and is a homeowner, he also has a means to flee and a bracelet won't stop him and not the $250,000. denying the bail. >> does the nfl have an image problem, or will the fans forgive as they normally do? >>> i want to begin with the teenage girl, rachel jeantel took the stand today for a second day and face add heated cross examination from the defense. >> if you thought it was just a fight because it was one you knew trayvon martin was planning to start? >> no, sir. he would have told me, sir, and told me to call him back or he'll call me back, sir. >> martin savidge is outside the courthouse. martin, a rather dramatic change in the way that she conducted herself today. >> reporter: oh, yeah, absolutely, piers. that's what everybody nope 'tissed, she dressed slightly different but she had been advised. she sounded that way, too, with of course, the yes, sir. unfor
. >>> who is rachel jeantel? also, one of the 27 nfl players charged with a crime since the super bowl. >> despite the fact he has a fiancee and a baby and is a homeowner, he also has a means to flee and a bracelet won't stop him and not the $250,000. denying the bail. >> does the nfl have an image problem, or will the fans forgive as they normally do? >>> i want to begin with the teenage girl, rachel jeantel took the stand today for a second day and face add...
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>> rachel jeantel's testimony. i think this case is all about how this thing started, who was in pursuit, who followed, who confronted whom. and i think that if the jury believes rachel jeantel beeves that she was on the phone with him, believes that george zimmerman followed trayvon martin and confronted him by asking him what are you doing around here, i thought that self-defense is going to be off the table. i do believe she was credible. she is not on trial here. i'm shocked and disappointed and disgusted quite frankly by what a lot of people said about her, both on twitter, social media, just walking in the street. i think that given the fact that she was the last person to hear her friend before he died. she's not a professional witness. but i thought she did very well on the witness stand. >> marcia? >> yes, i actually think both of them, anderson. i do think she was credible, rachel was credible, also. i have not heard the negatives that apparently sunny has, and i'm sorry to hear that. my only concern abou
>> rachel jeantel's testimony. i think this case is all about how this thing started, who was in pursuit, who followed, who confronted whom. and i think that if the jury believes rachel jeantel beeves that she was on the phone with him, believes that george zimmerman followed trayvon martin and confronted him by asking him what are you doing around here, i thought that self-defense is going to be off the table. i do believe she was credible. she is not on trial here. i'm shocked and...
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this one about a transcript taken from rachel jeantel. listen to this. >> according to this transcript you just saw, when mr. de la rionda said can you tell who was saying that, you said i couldn't hear trayvon, trayvon. >> i couldn't hear. read the next page, sir. >> could you tell who was saying that? i could of heard trayvon. >> i couldn't. >> here is what this says. >> trust me, they messed up. >> all right, mark. this is critical potentially to the case. she says trust me, they messed up meaning she was misquoted in that earlier transcript. are jurors likely to believe that? >> look, could of does not establish this case beyond a reasonable doubt or her testimony beyond a reasonable doubt. could have is ambiguous. it is maybe yes, maybe know, beyond a reasonable doubt is the standard. could of doesn't cut it. i think during the same exchange it comes up later she says she could hear wet grass. i can't imagine that the jurors are going to find her to be credible and this case, this will be the cornerstone of this case. i think the sta
this one about a transcript taken from rachel jeantel. listen to this. >> according to this transcript you just saw, when mr. de la rionda said can you tell who was saying that, you said i couldn't hear trayvon, trayvon. >> i couldn't hear. read the next page, sir. >> could you tell who was saying that? i could of heard trayvon. >> i couldn't. >> here is what this says. >> trust me, they messed up. >> all right, mark. this is critical potentially to the...
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the second day on the stand for rachel jeantel. her demeanor changed today. >> you didn't know anything about this case on the news following the shooting on february 26th. prior to your interview with mr. crump on march 19th? >> no, sir. >> of course, you don't know if he was telling you the truth or not? >> why he need to lie about that, sir? >> maybe if he decided to assault george zimmerman, he didn't want you to know about it? >> that's very retarded, sir. yes, sir, yes, sir. yes, sir. >> i'm really confused. are you saying -- >> the state attorney has trouble hearing me. listen to me. >> in prior statements, you said the phone cut off, correct? >> yes, sir. did i call him back, sir. >> of course. but you didn't get an answer. didn't that make you even more worried? >> i called back again, sir. >> and i assume that would heighten -- >> and i had texts, sir. >> still no answer. >> no, sir. >> okay. so which side did she help? let me go to you, bernie. the defense attorney made some thought that she didn't call 911 afterward. if
the second day on the stand for rachel jeantel. her demeanor changed today. >> you didn't know anything about this case on the news following the shooting on february 26th. prior to your interview with mr. crump on march 19th? >> no, sir. >> of course, you don't know if he was telling you the truth or not? >> why he need to lie about that, sir? >> maybe if he decided to assault george zimmerman, he didn't want you to know about it? >> that's very retarded,...
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she is rachel jeantel. she is this young woman, 1 ye9 years aftyear s of age, going into her senior year of high school. she faced a full morning of grilling by zimmerman's attorney who tried to shake her testimony about her retelling of her phone conversation with martin in the days after she was killed. jeantel toned down some of the attitude that she exhibited in court yesterday, until this. let me play this for you. this explain with zimmerman attorney, defense co-counsel, don west. >> so you made the decision, then, not to tell mr. crump that you'd actually heard trayvon martin say, get off, get off, because you were in a hurry? >> objection. asked and answered. >> the word, in a hurry, is an additional part to that question, so i will allow it in the answer. >> yes, sir. because crump is not a law enforcer. >> so you weren't worried about telling him, first of all, the truth, or the whole story? >> first of all, crump is not law enforcement. he's not an officer. i knew that he was not an officer. so l
she is rachel jeantel. she is this young woman, 1 ye9 years aftyear s of age, going into her senior year of high school. she faced a full morning of grilling by zimmerman's attorney who tried to shake her testimony about her retelling of her phone conversation with martin in the days after she was killed. jeantel toned down some of the attitude that she exhibited in court yesterday, until this. let me play this for you. this explain with zimmerman attorney, defense co-counsel, don west....
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her name is rachel jeantel. she was trayvon martin's friend. she told the jury she was on the phone with him when he approached the teen. >> he said why are you following me and i heard him say what are you doing around here. >> martin savage is in florida for us. everybody was watching her. she was the person speaking to trayvon martin the last moment he was alive and as he died what else did she say? >> reporter: from a totally nonlegal perspective it was one of the most remarkable testimonies i have ever seen. and there is a lot you can talk about. let's talk about the specifics. on top of saying she claims it was george zimmerman she could hear being the aggressor she says she can hear trayvon saying get off, get off. that would clearly imply it moved beyond george zimmerman confronting the teen to assaulting the team and perhaps on top of the teen which flies in the face of the self-defense. she said previously and on the stand that the voice, the 911 call, the screaming heard in the background she talks to trayvon, did talk to him all the
her name is rachel jeantel. she was trayvon martin's friend. she told the jury she was on the phone with him when he approached the teen. >> he said why are you following me and i heard him say what are you doing around here. >> martin savage is in florida for us. everybody was watching her. she was the person speaking to trayvon martin the last moment he was alive and as he died what else did she say? >> reporter: from a totally nonlegal perspective it was one of the most...
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we're talking about rachel jeantel. i'll call out a different moment of the day, selma maura saying there was a gunshot and after it the man with the black and red kt ja, the man on top moved. the man on the bottom did not, seems to establish, vinnie politan, that the person on top of the fight, the person in control was george zimmerman, and that will mean a lot in terms of can feel defense analysis. your take? >> oh, absolutely. if george zimmerman is on top and you have a witness with saying he has the red and black jacket, it's clear who is in control. how do you claim self-defense if you're on top of the person you're shooting. you have a gun, they don't have a gun. to me that was powerful, chris. what are you going to do with that danny? >> that's right, how dare you argue that in the first place. danny you're not arguing it, don't look so scared but i want to you explain it for everybody at home. if it is established that george zimmerman was in control, what would he have to do to use self-defense to get out of
we're talking about rachel jeantel. i'll call out a different moment of the day, selma maura saying there was a gunshot and after it the man with the black and red kt ja, the man on top moved. the man on the bottom did not, seems to establish, vinnie politan, that the person on top of the fight, the person in control was george zimmerman, and that will mean a lot in terms of can feel defense analysis. your take? >> oh, absolutely. if george zimmerman is on top and you have a witness with...
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there's dramatic testimony from rachel jeantel. on a lead investigator in the case testifies. a re-enactment of the scuffle. the state examiner takes the stand and says the injuries were minor. martin's brother and mother testify. plan particular screams are heard on 911 tapes were from trayvon. last monday, five witnesses testified for the defense. the voice belongs to zimmerman. zimmerman's family also said it was him. the next day, a forensic expert says the evidence supports zimmerman's story. the defense rests on wednesday. george zimmerman tells the judge that he won't take the stand. that the prosecution gets closing arguments. the judge says she will allow the jury to consider the lesser charge of manslaughter but rules out third-degree murder. finally, yesterday, the defense delivers its closing arguments. the judge gives the jury her final instructions and deliberations get under way. >> here's what we know about the six-member all-women jury. a juror number one, hispanic nurse with several children and she lived in chicago at the time of the shooting. juror number t
there's dramatic testimony from rachel jeantel. on a lead investigator in the case testifies. a re-enactment of the scuffle. the state examiner takes the stand and says the injuries were minor. martin's brother and mother testify. plan particular screams are heard on 911 tapes were from trayvon. last monday, five witnesses testified for the defense. the voice belongs to zimmerman. zimmerman's family also said it was him. the next day, a forensic expert says the evidence supports zimmerman's...
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certainly, they didn't include in the an mission the insights of his friend rachel jeantel. she said she heard trayvon screaming get off, get off but the animation doesn't show that. the defense wants to introduce it, the prosecution says it's absolutely unfair and the jurors will play it over and over again in the jury room and convince themselves to believe zimmerman. >>> a former florida circuit court judge and the host of judge alex. judge alex, this is getting down to the real nitty gritty, isn't it? >> yes. >> this animation video, it's pure property -- propaganda isn't it? >> they want to tell the story they believe happened. so for the prosecution to get in and say well, this doesn't have the parts we think happened, of course it doesn't. if you create our own animation, you want put in trayvon martin zimmerman because that's the defense theory, not yours. still i think it should come in as a demonstrative aid. there are holes to be filled because some things haven't been testified to. >> this evidence from vincent demayo, he's obviously incredibly experienced but th
certainly, they didn't include in the an mission the insights of his friend rachel jeantel. she said she heard trayvon screaming get off, get off but the animation doesn't show that. the defense wants to introduce it, the prosecution says it's absolutely unfair and the jurors will play it over and over again in the jury room and convince themselves to believe zimmerman. >>> a former florida circuit court judge and the host of judge alex. judge alex, this is getting down to the real...
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lawyers have wrapped up questioning of the big witness, rachel jeantel. the judge has allowed her to leave for the day. she does remain under subpoena and may be called back to testify. lisa bloom joins me now. right now we're hearing from a technician from t-mobile. >> that's. his name is raymond macdonald. senior management. i assume this is probably a regular part of his job. he has to go into trial when phone records are at issue. here are our phone records, they're legitimate. >> here he is now. >> in this case these are the phone records that are so important between trayvon martin and rachel jeantel. they were on the phone all day either talking or texting according to her testimony. >> that was pretty brief given how long we saw rachel jeantel. i want to play an excerpt from the back and forth, more heated exchange between rachel jeantel and the defense attorney. let's play it. >> trayvon got hit. >> you don't know that, do you? >> no. >> you don't know that trayvon got hit. >> he claims he had. >> you don't know that trayvon at that moment didn't
lawyers have wrapped up questioning of the big witness, rachel jeantel. the judge has allowed her to leave for the day. she does remain under subpoena and may be called back to testify. lisa bloom joins me now. right now we're hearing from a technician from t-mobile. >> that's. his name is raymond macdonald. senior management. i assume this is probably a regular part of his job. he has to go into trial when phone records are at issue. here are our phone records, they're legitimate....
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>> reporter: rachel jeantel is the kind of witness that journalists love but also the kind of witness that can be both a nightmare for the prosecution and defense and she probably lived up to that reputation over these past two days. however, that said, she did seem to be different today on the stand. her responses, depending on how you weigh the "yes, sir" seemed to have a bit more respect and decorum than yesterday and she also seemed for firm in her answers when challenged. she is key as a witness. she maintains she was on the phone with trayvon martin right up to the moment that the confrontation happened between zimmerman and the teen. he said she heard trayvon say "i'm willing followed" and then she heard him say something like "what are you following me for?" and zimmerman said "what are you doing around here?" and then she said she heard the wet grass and then she heard trayvon saying "get off, get off." that's all very damaging to the defense, which is why the defense went after her again today. take a listen. >> so he told you that he could see the man again, the man was beh
>> reporter: rachel jeantel is the kind of witness that journalists love but also the kind of witness that can be both a nightmare for the prosecution and defense and she probably lived up to that reputation over these past two days. however, that said, she did seem to be different today on the stand. her responses, depending on how you weigh the "yes, sir" seemed to have a bit more respect and decorum than yesterday and she also seemed for firm in her answers when challenged....
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at first rachel jeantel became emotional when questioned about why she lied. she said she was in the hospital and couldn't go to her friend's funeral. >> i didn't want to see the body. >> reporter: she told the prosecutors martin used racial slurs to explain the man following him. creepy. jeantel told martin to run, but then the phone went dead. when she called back, martin said he was still being watched and then confronted. he said, why are are you foll following me for? calling trayvon, vavon. then i heard trayvon saying, get off, get off. >> reporter: then the tone of her testimony changed when cross examined by defense team and at times having -- >> i had told you -- you listening? >> reporter: the 19-year-old admitted she lied about her age. claiming to be 16 at the time of the shooting because she didn't want to be questioned. she said she didn't call police to tell her account because she expected police to contact her like they do on the tv shows. then, there is the issue of the audio recording the witness made with attorney ben crump. he played pub l
at first rachel jeantel became emotional when questioned about why she lied. she said she was in the hospital and couldn't go to her friend's funeral. >> i didn't want to see the body. >> reporter: she told the prosecutors martin used racial slurs to explain the man following him. creepy. jeantel told martin to run, but then the phone went dead. when she called back, martin said he was still being watched and then confronted. he said, why are are you foll following me for? calling...
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the instagram -- in relation to rachel jeantel. didn't appear to be at his best or appeared to be an angry, aggressi aggressive, attacking type of person. but he's still a very good attorney and you have that play of personalities, mark o'mara's very different. i think -- well, the results speak for themselves. >> let's talk about -- he talked about the community here but the larger community and also people inside the legal community, as well. you know mark o'mara and these guys, don west, as well. did you refer mark o'mara for this case? >> you were supposed to be handling the case, weren't you? >> supposed is the big word. i turned it down twice. i got a call and a release and i got a call of george zimmerman when this case was initially under investigation. i turned it down. and then after he brought in two other lawyers that quickly were dismissed, remember the debacle on the courthouse steps, i then got a call of a friend of his and i said, no. i had signed a contract with cnn. i think i made the better of the choices. in all
the instagram -- in relation to rachel jeantel. didn't appear to be at his best or appeared to be an angry, aggressi aggressive, attacking type of person. but he's still a very good attorney and you have that play of personalities, mark o'mara's very different. i think -- well, the results speak for themselves. >> let's talk about -- he talked about the community here but the larger community and also people inside the legal community, as well. you know mark o'mara and these guys, don...
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>> i disagree with you somewhat in terms of rachel jeantel. i get her and she seemed to me in her own rough and unpolished way to be very sincere. i thought that she was, you know, a witness who certainly on the -- you know, in terms of her recalcitrance and defiance was difficult the first day. you can't blame her forth not being able to read cursive. >> laura: she changed her story. >> she did change her story. even in the con dex of that, yes, she is sitting next to the victim's mom and she is going easy on what she said, you know, in that context. can i understand that. i can also understand how she would feel, you know, it's us against the world. i feel that she has really been pillarried in a way that perhaps is unfair. i thought don west the attorney went too far. they had her the second day. they should have let her go before they started banging her so badly that they generated some sympathy. >> laura: he wants to win the case. it's not about jeantel. >> let me hesitate to add that george zimmerman is clearly winning this case. >> lau
>> i disagree with you somewhat in terms of rachel jeantel. i get her and she seemed to me in her own rough and unpolished way to be very sincere. i thought that she was, you know, a witness who certainly on the -- you know, in terms of her recalcitrance and defiance was difficult the first day. you can't blame her forth not being able to read cursive. >> laura: she changed her story. >> she did change her story. even in the con dex of that, yes, she is sitting next to the...
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that's defense attorney don west to resume the cross-examination of rachel jeantel, who is on the phone with trayvon martin, the last person to talk to trayvon martin other than george zimmerman. >> ms. jeantel, i would like to direct your attention to page 209 of the deposition. i'm going to give it to you to read, and take as much time as you'd like. this is the question about what you told mr. crump at the telephone interview. where trayvon martin said why are you following me. are you oriented a bit? >> as you can see here. >> you need to read it to yourself and let us know when you're finished. >> you can start with line 14 or 15. that's when you tape itself was played. do you remember that? >> yes. >> remember in the deposition we asked about this. >> yes. >> we actually played a recording. >> yes. >> for you? >> yes. yes. >> take your time to read it. >>> we're continuing to watch the trial. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." a key witness action rachel jeantel, is reading testimony she provided earlier, going through it, according to the requirement from the zimmerman def
that's defense attorney don west to resume the cross-examination of rachel jeantel, who is on the phone with trayvon martin, the last person to talk to trayvon martin other than george zimmerman. >> ms. jeantel, i would like to direct your attention to page 209 of the deposition. i'm going to give it to you to read, and take as much time as you'd like. this is the question about what you told mr. crump at the telephone interview. where trayvon martin said why are you following me. are you...
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rachel jeantel is said to be the last person to talk to martin. she said he complained that he was being followed by a guy she described as creepy. >> what did he say? >> [bleep]. then i heard a bump to the head. trayvon had a headset. >> what did you he resume that was? >> the headset. i heard him say, "goat off! get off! ." bill: on cross-examination zimmerman's lawyer poked holed ihole --poked holes in her test. >> you waited until the morning ... >> no ... >> are you refusing -- >> we need to keep this a question and answer about her testimony. >> we need to plan on a couple hours. >> what? bill: she is back on the stand. phil keating is back in the courthouse in sanford, florida. this witness did not want to be there or did not want to stick around. that was clear from the testimony. >> reporter: she was hostile and difficult for the jurors to understand. they were straining to understand her. she speaks softly and much of it slang. she is the star witness because she is the only person who can say zimmerman from the get-go was the aggressor.
rachel jeantel is said to be the last person to talk to martin. she said he complained that he was being followed by a guy she described as creepy. >> what did he say? >> [bleep]. then i heard a bump to the head. trayvon had a headset. >> what did you he resume that was? >> the headset. i heard him say, "goat off! get off! ." bill: on cross-examination zimmerman's lawyer poked holed ihole --poked holes in her test. >> you waited until the morning ......
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as you reported rachel jeantel has been caught lying not once. she said she was 16 years old when she was in fact 18 years old. she lied about during an interview with the martin family attorney why she did not attend trayvon martin's funeral. listen. >> why didn't you go to his wake? >> i was sick. >> had you to spend the night in the hospital? >> yes. >> >> now she admits, of course, she was never in the hospital and maybe some would say that's a little thing. but for the prosecutors it might be an overall much bigger hurdle. >> shepard: it probably could be a much bigger hurdle. then there were all the inconsistencies which may as well be a problem. >> right. and if you consider this, i mean rachel jeantel for all intents and purposes is the voice of trayvon martin because she was the last person to actually talk to him. so, if it's true, her testimony is very, very powerful for the prosecution. but, she is on the record assaying that she heard trayvon martin ask george zimmerman, quote: why are you following me?" zimmerman spawning, quote: wh
as you reported rachel jeantel has been caught lying not once. she said she was 16 years old when she was in fact 18 years old. she lied about during an interview with the martin family attorney why she did not attend trayvon martin's funeral. listen. >> why didn't you go to his wake? >> i was sick. >> had you to spend the night in the hospital? >> yes. >> >> now she admits, of course, she was never in the hospital and maybe some would say that's a little...
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this week the star witness for the prosecution, rachel jeantel took the stand to give her account the night trayvon martin died. almost immediately commentaries started on jeantel's appearance and her demeanor. with me is a jury consultant who has been in the courtroom and fox news contributor. good evening. >> hi, judge jeanine. >> in my time as a d.a. trying cases i learn witnesses come in all sizes and all shapes. we don't pick them. they don't even pick themselves. and they are certainly not out of central casting. some arearticulate. some not. the criticism of this witness, the to speak to trayvon before the shooting was almost universal. what's your take on it? >> well, first of all, you know, we look at rachel she's 17 years old but looks much older. i think that it's very difficult for people to understand that she's not really, was not an adult really when this all happened. and she was basically judged by her, by the entire jury and by everybody that's out there including the media. her demeanor was not good. i'll tell the first day she showed up she had a black shirt on, bi
this week the star witness for the prosecution, rachel jeantel took the stand to give her account the night trayvon martin died. almost immediately commentaries started on jeantel's appearance and her demeanor. with me is a jury consultant who has been in the courtroom and fox news contributor. good evening. >> hi, judge jeanine. >> in my time as a d.a. trying cases i learn witnesses come in all sizes and all shapes. we don't pick them. they don't even pick themselves. and they are...
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straight ahead, a look at rachel jeantel, a star witness for the prosecution. and in the hernandez double murder, they have seized a car of aaron hernandez. we'll have that next. [ female announcer ] the only patch for the treatment of mild to moderate alzheimer's disease is exelon patch. now with more treatment options, exelon patch may improve overall function and cognition. your loved one can get a free 30-day trial. and you can have access to nurses. it does not change how the disease...